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A town of 1,168 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.
Berry-Bouy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 55% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Berry-Bouy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Berry-Bouy with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Berry-Bouy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte de Ville dite Porte de l'Horloge, in Mehun-sur-Yèvre, 3.9 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Berry-Bouy.
After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,980 a year per consumption unit. For its 550 residents in work, Berry-Bouy has 150 jobs: 0.2 each. At the census, 4.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Cher’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 89 deaths in Berry-Bouy from 2016 to 2025; there were 65, 27% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Berry-Bouy is Ch Bourges Jacques Coeur, 7.2 mi away. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Cher is 84 years for women and 78.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 26 homes in Berry-Bouy.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
17% are under 15, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Cher’s towns (15%). The 65-and-over age group makes up nearly a quarter of residents. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 9.5% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Berry-Bouy | Cher median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 20% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Berry-Bouy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Berry-Bouy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry-Bouy | 1,168 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre | 6,380 | 3.7 | C | A | C+ | D |
| Saint-Doulchard | 9,647 | 3.7 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin | 3,681 | 4 | A | B | A+ | B− |
| Bourges | 64,186 | 5.7 | C+ | B | C− | C+ |
| Trouy | 4,055 | 6.9 | B | B | A | C |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny | 2,546 | 7.8 | — | A | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Berry-Bouy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Berry-Bouy is a commune of 1,168 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Bourges Plus. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.